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John R Kinkey 1920 - 1999

John Richard Kinkey of Santa Clara County, California United States was born on February 28, 1920 in Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, and died at age 79 years old on September 5, 1999 in Skiatook, Osage County, OK.

John Richard Kinkey
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Santa Clara County, California United States
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February 28, 1920
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States
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September 5, 1999
Skiatook, Osage County, Oklahoma, United States
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  • Introduction

    John Richard Kinkey is the child of Ethel May Bottom (born 1894) and James William Kinkey (1889-1982). He was born on January 29, 1919 in Topeka Shawn, Kansas and had siblings William Sullivan (1911-1995) Grace (born 1917), and Sherlock Thomas Kinkey (1924-1994). He was married to Linda Bernadell Bowers (born 1917) and they had a child together. He joined the military on February 26, 1941 and served in the Army until his discharge date of November 21, 1945. On September 5, 1999 John Kinkey passed away in Skiatook, Osage, Oklahoma, USA.
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    February 28, 1920
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    Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    He was white. His mother, Ethel May Bottom was born in Buck's Grove, Jackson, Kansas and his father, James William Kinkey was also born in Kansas.

  • Nationality & Locations

    He was a United States citizen and moved around a lot. John Kinkey was born in Topeka Shawn Kansas, moved to San Jose, Santa Clara, California in the 1930's, and moved to Tonapha, Nevada in 1935. Then in 1940 he moved back to California and was living in Yreka City, Siskiyou, California before joining the Army the following year. In 1962, he was back in San Jose California, moved to Grants Pass, Oregon in the mid 1980's, and was in Skiatook, Osage, Oklahoma, USA when he passed away in 1999.

  • Early Life & Education

    At the time of enlistment, he had completed his education through grammar school.

  • Military Service

    John Kinkey enlisted into the United States Army on February 26, 1941 in San Francisco California (Military serial#: 39002929). His terms of enlistment were enlistment For The Puerto Rican Department. He was a World War II veteran and served until his discharge date of November 21, 1945.

  • Professional Career

    At age 21, he was working as a milker in Yreka City, Siskiyou, California.
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    September 5, 1999
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In 1920, in the year that John R Kinkey was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1934, at the age of just 14 years old, John was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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Kinkey, Neil (Feb 15, 1906 - Aug 1980) Kinkey, Charles (Jul 18, 1935 - Jan 17, 2010) Kinkey, Jeffery (Oct 31, 1963 - Jul 1986) Kinkey, Hazel (Aug 26, 1900 - Jun 14, 1994) Kinkey, Norma (Dec 10, 1913 - Mar 27, 2001) Kinkey, Rudolph (Feb 20, 1898 - Nov 1966) Kinkey, Vida (Jan 21, 1918 - Dec 26, 2002)
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